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Debt — the enemy of faith
Debt it is often treated as the neutral arbiter of balance. But it is the way we justify inequality, enslavement, and separation.
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Canceling student debt is a good start
We allow people to offer a dishonest critique of the argument for cancelling student debt based on false powerlessness.
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Too Heavy – mercy and the spirit-crushing weight of debt
If the debt doesn’t kill you… Proper 19A | Matthew 18:21-35 Remember the stumbling blocks? It’s been Jesus’s main subject in the last several weeks of gospel readings. As they head north, Jesus warns of those things which get in our way, trip us up, and keep us from doing what needs to be done.…
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Debt Sucks the Life Out Of Us
There’s a moment at the end of a night when the sounds have disappeared and conversations fade. You look around and see the stragglers are all that’s left of the party. Often ones who helped set up or planned to help clean up. Ones who wait until everyone else is gone so that the real conversation can…
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Watching By Forgiving Debts
There’s a single word in the Lord’s Prayer we often miss. Remember a few weeks ago how the disciples asked Jesus how to pray? He responded with a familiar prayer about hallowing, heaven, and daily bread. Then he says And forgive us our sins,for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. Did you notice? Jesus links sin and indebtedness.…
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Because everyone needs to hear this
“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody.”
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Republican civil war?
After the hoopla over the debt ceiling is now officially over and there couldn’t be any adverse effects on the poor, but thank goodness the armageddon that we imposed on ourselves and then averted–good work, Superman!–is no longer a threat, we can go onto other stuff: like petty politics! If you just can’t get enough,…
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The self-imposed debt limit
Imagine that you have about $35,000 in available credit. You’ve taken a Dave Ramsey course and have reduced your debt to under $10,000. You give yourself some room to maneuver, imposing on yourself a $15,000 limit because you don’t want to get yourself in trouble again as you try to bring that number down. But…